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Galaxy bias and gauges at second order in General Relativity

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2015-10-07 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We discuss the question of gauge choice when analysing relativistic density perturbations at second order. We compare Newtonian and General Relativistic approaches. Some misconceptions in the recent literature are addressed. We show that the comoving-synchronous gauge is the unique gauge in General Relativity that corresponds to the Lagrangian frame and is entirely appropriate to describe the matter overdensity at second order. The comoving-synchronous gauge is the simplest gauge in which to describe Lagrangian bias at second order.

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@article{arxiv.1501.03163,
  title  = {Galaxy bias and gauges at second order in General Relativity},
  author = {Daniele Bertacca and Nicola Bartolo and Marco Bruni and Kazuya Koyama and Roy Maartens and Sabino Matarrese and Misao Sasaki and David Wands},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.03163},
  year   = {2015}
}

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10 pages. Matches version published on CQG